Fu Yunchen wasn't ashamed at all, "Okay."
Seeing that he was about to reach out, Yi Tianran felt ashamed instead, quickly grabbed his hand, and snuggled into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Her breath was sweet and fragrant. "This way, we can hear it too."
Chest to chest, their hearts pounded incessantly.
I don't know who's moving faster.
...
In the afternoon, Yi Tianran received a call from the old house.
The butler's voice came through the receiver, "Miss, the old lady wants you to come back. She has something very important to tell you."
Yi Tianran had some doubts in her heart. She returned to the Yi residence and went to the backyard where the old lady lived.
Grandma was sunbathing in the yard. She looked up at the sky, her eyes red, filled with an undisguised longing.
Yi Tianran's heart stirred slightly. She stepped forward and gently called out, "Grandma."
The old lady then came to her senses, looked at her granddaughter, and said with some emotion, "Ranran, do you know? Your aunt had a child who was lost and wandered off before she passed away. Today, he took the initiative to come to our door to claim his family!"
Since the death of her only biological daughter, the old lady has been on the verge of death.
If it weren't for her granddaughter Yi Tianran supporting her beliefs, she might not have survived long ago.
Unexpectedly, nearly twenty years later, when she was already very old and perhaps didn't have many years left to live, God gave her such a surprise.
For her, Xu Zhe's appearance was a continuation of life, and in recent years, she has often dreamed of her daughter in the middle of the night.
Now, it's as if her daughter heard her call and sent her own son to her side to keep her company.
Seeing the old lady's expression, Yi Tianran felt a pang of sadness. "Grandma, I know about this."
"What?" The old woman looked surprised. "You know about this too?"
Yi Tianran said solemnly, "Actually, I had already investigated his existence before. The reason I didn't tell you was because I was afraid of alerting him! Do you remember when I asked you not long ago who your aunt's first love was?"
The old lady remembered that there was such a thing.
At the time, she thought Yi Tianran had just mentioned it on a whim and didn't think much of it.
“I remember telling you back then that when I saw my daughter return home looking heartbroken, I guessed she might have been bullied or wronged outside, so I secretly sent someone to investigate.” The old lady’s face turned grim as she said this. “The investigation revealed that the man, despite his charming appearance, was actually a hypocrite. He already had a fiancée, but he deceived your aunt and had her completely under his thumb.”
After your aunt learned the truth, she ultimately chose to leave quietly.
When I learned about this, I sent someone to teach that scoundrel a lesson, and then I didn't bother with it anymore.
I just never imagined she'd be so foolish as to have a child with him and then not bring the child back, causing that child to suffer so much all these years. It's said he was even trafficked and only recently returned to the Yi family. He's endured so much hardship."
“Grandma, actually I’ve known Xu Zhe for a long time. Moreover, his return to the Yi family is actually related to Yi Qilin.”
Yi Tianran simply confessed to her, recounting in detail how Yi Qilin secretly approached Xu Zhe, deliberately concealing his identity, and even finding him adoptive parents.
The old lady's expression shifted from shock to anger, finally culminating in her slamming her hand on the table. "That beast! He's gone too far! He deliberately hid Xu Zhe. What was he thinking? What is he planning to do now?!"
She felt an immediate connection with Xu Zhe the moment she first saw him, and after learning his identity, she had no doubts whatsoever. Even before the DNA results came back, she knew that he was her own grandson.
Blood ties connect us; they are family members ingrained in our very bones.
The thought of him being used by Yi Qilin like this made her angry.
Yi Tianran's expression darkened as she speculated, "If I'm not mistaken, Yi Qilin initially intended to use him to threaten you. He knew that you valued family ties and especially loved your aunt. Naturally, your bloodline extended to her as well. Therefore, he planned to use Xu Zhe's existence to make you relinquish power at a crucial moment."
Now that his first plan has failed and the company hasn't fallen into his hands, he's resorting to another: using Xu Zhe to deal with me.
Just then, an unpleasant voice suddenly rang out: "Brother Qilin isn't that kind of person!"
Yi Tianran suddenly turned around and saw a thin figure walking over; it was Xu Zhe.
I hadn't seen him for almost half a year. He had grown taller than before, but his expression had become even colder.
“Ah Zhe.”
The sound of "Ah Zhe" made Xu Zhe momentarily lose his senses.
The face of Qin Yao in his memory had become this bright and dazzling appearance. She was clearly even more beautiful, yet he seemed to have completely lost the feeling of being moved.
No wonder.
No wonder she and Fu Yunchen have such a close relationship; their status and appearance make them a better match!
Coming to his senses, his face turned icy. "Don't call me A-Zhe anymore; I can't bear that title. Approaching me with a mask on, watching me being played like a fool—you must be smug, right?"
The thought of how much he used to love Qin Yao now makes me feel both heartbroken and ironic.
"Zhe, don't talk to your cousin like that." The old lady didn't know what grudges existed between them, but after all, she was her beloved granddaughter, and naturally she didn't want her to be wronged.
“Yes, she’s my cousin!” Xu Zhe’s eyes were full of sarcasm. “And I was kept in the dark the whole time. Yi Tianran, I have never done anything to wrong you, so why did you deceive me?”
They even wanted to hire someone to kill me!
Yi Tianran said earnestly, "I didn't mean to hide my identity. At first, I didn't know you were a child of the Yi family. I only found out later. But I never deceived your feelings or thought of hurting you."
She never expected Xu Zhe to fall in love with her. When she learned about their relationship and that he still couldn't forget "Qin Yao," she ruthlessly cut off his delusions.
"My only regret is that I didn't reveal my identity to you before Yi Qilin did! He had ill intentions from the beginning, otherwise why would he have found a fake couple to be your guardians? Wasn't it just to control you and use you for his own purposes?"
"He did that to protect me!" Xu Zhe said stubbornly. "He's been so good to me since I was little!"
"Is that so!" Yi Tianran smiled sarcastically. "My silly cousin, you don't know the term 'praise to death'? He has always been very good to you, letting that fake couple spoil and pamper you since you were little, and they almost always grant your requests! If it were someone with a weak mind, they would have been turned into a good-for-nothing long ago."
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